Date of Birth

Date of Birth was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 63, based on seven reviews.[1]

AllMusic's M.F. DiBella wrote: "while the album lapses occasionally with a couple of patches of redundant production, Date of Birth is a strong follow-up from a crew who keep it real by nature".[2] Billboard reviewer praised the album, stating: "some of its strongest work to date".[1] Writing for The A.V. Club, Nathan Rabin found that the album "doesn't reinvent hip-hop, but it mines considerable rewards just by operating within the style's familiar confines".[1]

In mixed reviews, Alternative Press critic stated: "the sample-based backing tracks, hard-hitting but plain, don't have much choice but to play second-best".[1] Sonicset reviewer wrote: "Date Of Birth is packed with hard-driving, repetitive beats that are equal parts Wu-Tang Clan and Gang Starr, yet the music lacks either of those groups' charms".[1] The Wire reviewer resumed: "what's lacking on Date Of Birth, though, is any sort of excitement".[1] Urb reviewer wrote: "much of the album fails to make sparks".[1]

• Anthony "Q-Unique" Quiles – lyrics, vocals, producer (tracks: 1-6, 8-16), mixing
• Geraldo "Jise One" Barreto – lyrics, vocals, producer (track 13)
• Swel Boogie – lyrics, vocals, producer (track 13)
• Elle Pena – vocals (track 4)
• Zoey Pena – vocals (track 4)
• Lori Velez – lyrics & vocals (track 8)
• Kinetic Energy – vocals (track 15)
• Lester "Psycho Les" Fernandez – producer (track 7)
• Deudy "DJ Doom" Torres – producer (track 13)
• Jesus Roa – engineering, mixing, management
• Sanchez Stanfield – art direction, design
• Carl Saytor – photography
• E. Victoria Toro – photography
• Jason Smith – management

• Arsonists – Date Of Birth at Discogs (list of releases)